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. >> i believe romney was the clear winner of this debate. if it was a boxing match it would have been called. >> reporter: a poll shows romney was the overwhelming winner. 46% of the people say romney won the debate while 22% said the president had the ge. romney helped his image with voters. 63% feel he cares about their needs and problems. and 60% like romney better after watching his performance. but jim lehrer might not feel the same way. >> i'm sorry, jim, i'm going to stop the subcy die to pbs and some other thing. i like big bird and you too. i'm not going to keep spending money to brother money from china to pay for it again. >> reporter: the two men will square off again on october 16th. vice presidential candidates square off next week on thursday. >> thank you so much. you just mentioned it vice presidential candidates joe biden and paul ryan holding their debate one week from today. overseas now an escalating violence between turkey and syria. overnight turkey launched border strikes into syria. several syrian soldiers have been
. >> i believe romney was the clear winner of this debate. if it was a boxing match it would have been called. >> reporter: a poll shows romney was the overwhelming winner. 46% of the people say romney won the debate while 22% said the president had the ge. romney helped his image with voters. 63% feel he cares about their needs and problems. and 60% like romney better after watching his performance. but jim lehrer might not feel the same way. >> i'm sorry, jim, i'm going to...
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. >>> the first of three debates between president obama and mitt romney just two days way now and if is happening in the key battleground -- it is happening in the key battleground state of colorado. they have specifics they hope to hear wednesday night. danielle nottingham has the latest from denver. >> reporter: mitt romney will hold his last public event before wednesday's debate here at this hangar in denver and his supporters here say there is little room this week for mistakes. inside this denver airplane hangar gop volunteers work the phones as crews set the stage for mitt romney's last rally before his first presidential debate. >> i think a lot of people are waiting until the debate wednesday. i think that's going to be a big sway for some people just to finally see them kind of go head to head. >> reporter: wednesday's debate at university of denver will focus on domestic policy. romney supporters want the gop nominee to show undecided voters how he'll jump start the slow recovery. >> i think he has solutions to our economic problems and that's really what's going to help e
. >>> the first of three debates between president obama and mitt romney just two days way now and if is happening in the key battleground -- it is happening in the key battleground state of colorado. they have specifics they hope to hear wednesday night. danielle nottingham has the latest from denver. >> reporter: mitt romney will hold his last public event before wednesday's debate here at this hangar in denver and his supporters here say there is little room this week for...
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i just spoke with senator rob portman, he played the president in all of romney's debate, mock debate performances, preparing for this debate and he said he believed tonight's debate changed the dynamics of this race and the romney that we saw on that stage is the romney we're going to see for the next five weeks. he's going to take this message, this effort to connect the specifics he used, the discussion about his record in massachusetts and his proposals on that campaign trail. he said you're going to see that in weeks weeks to come. romney talking about the specifics of his propose as and connecting with the american people. >> pelley: jan, thank you. cbs news coverage of the first presidential debate of 2012 will continue from denver in just a moment. university of denver with our coverage of the debate. by design, tonight's debate was all about the economy and jobs and, of course, both candidates had very different views on the path for america's future. let's have a look at just a moment when both of the candidates were talking about tax policy a creating jobs. >> there is wher
i just spoke with senator rob portman, he played the president in all of romney's debate, mock debate performances, preparing for this debate and he said he believed tonight's debate changed the dynamics of this race and the romney that we saw on that stage is the romney we're going to see for the next five weeks. he's going to take this message, this effort to connect the specifics he used, the discussion about his record in massachusetts and his proposals on that campaign trail. he said...
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taken after the debate twice as many undecided voters said romney was the winner. >> debates are much about style and substance and bill plante is in denver. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. this was a debate about the economy. and the preside presented oppos visions on how to fix it. president obama appeared low key, mitt romney very energetic and aggressive. >> the president began this segment so i get the last word. >> reporter: romney took advantage that the format of the debate was less restrictive. frequently pushing past moderator jim lehrer's attempts to change the subject. >> have to respond to that. >> reporter: as romney pushed on the president looked down or away even as he kept a slight smile on his face. for the president accusing romney to seeking to cut money for education, romney snapped back in one of the debates few pointed moments. >> as a president you're entitied to your own airplane and own house but not your own facts. >> reporter: he offered few details about tax cuts. prompting the president to fire back. >> when governor romney said he'll repl
taken after the debate twice as many undecided voters said romney was the winner. >> debates are much about style and substance and bill plante is in denver. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. this was a debate about the economy. and the preside presented oppos visions on how to fix it. president obama appeared low key, mitt romney very energetic and aggressive. >> the president began this segment so i get the last word. >> reporter: romney took advantage...
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sunday, mitt romney, the second of two back to back debates. >> romney currently holds a double digit lead. his poll numbers have dropped in recent days. susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: mitt romney isn't letting anything stand in his way of winning in new hampshire. he called on supporters sunday to drown out protestors, trying to crash his rally. >> we're happy to have you guys express your views. next time, try to do it with more courtesy. >> reporter: he's heading into tomorrow's primary on top but that isn't stopping his rivals from piling on the attacks. at the second of two back to back debates this weekend, they bashed everything from romney's record to his electability. >> his record was so great as governor of massachusetts, why didn't he run for re-election. >> even though romney holds a commanding lead in new hampshire, polls show he dropped slightly in recent days leaving the other candidates hoping to gain from his losses. >> they say that this state loves an underdog. ladies and gentlemen, here is your underdog. [ cheering ] >> reporter: jon huntsman supporters jam
sunday, mitt romney, the second of two back to back debates. >> romney currently holds a double digit lead. his poll numbers have dropped in recent days. susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: mitt romney isn't letting anything stand in his way of winning in new hampshire. he called on supporters sunday to drown out protestors, trying to crash his rally. >> we're happy to have you guys express your views. next time, try to do it with more courtesy. >> reporter: he's...
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now conventional wisdom says debates can rarely help you, but they can hurt you and mitt romney will be looking to do damage to president obama tonight. meantime, in swing state, colorado, debates are coming down to the last minute for everybody. the candidates and those who will be running the show. for more, we go live to danielle nottingham. >> as you mentioned, both candidates are trying to avoid any major mistakes tonight. and it will be all about the economy tonight. the first three segments will be devoted to that topic. president obama will make his case for another four years to fix the comply and mitt romney will argue it's time for a change. when mitt romney and president obama meet on this stage for their first debate, more than 50 million viewers are expected to tune in. greg wayland is an important member of that audience. he's an undecided voter. >> i think they are talking directly to me. >> wayland's top issue, the economy. >> that's going to be the thing for me. someone that comes forward with a cohesive plan for america and where america fits into that. that's what
now conventional wisdom says debates can rarely help you, but they can hurt you and mitt romney will be looking to do damage to president obama tonight. meantime, in swing state, colorado, debates are coming down to the last minute for everybody. the candidates and those who will be running the show. for more, we go live to danielle nottingham. >> as you mentioned, both candidates are trying to avoid any major mistakes tonight. and it will be all about the economy tonight. the first three...
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mitt romney and president obama are preparing for the debate tomorrow night. the president has a four-point advantage going into this head-to-head match-up. it will focus on the economy and domestic issues. jan crawford is in denver this morning. >> reporter: both romney and the president have no more big campaign events before tomorrow night's event. last night here in denver, romney had a rally before more than 5,000 people. he picked up the endorsement of broncos legend john elway, but today they're getting ready. romney is here in denver and the president is in las vegas. less than 10% of vote who are are undecided who can say they've changed their minds. romney's challenge is to show why his proposal will make their life better. why the president doesn't deserve another chance. there was an interesting focus group in ohio this week with voters who backed the president in 2008, but they're not sold this time. and it shows some of them think the president just isn't to blame for the economy, and they also don't know a lot of good about romney, thanks to som
mitt romney and president obama are preparing for the debate tomorrow night. the president has a four-point advantage going into this head-to-head match-up. it will focus on the economy and domestic issues. jan crawford is in denver this morning. >> reporter: both romney and the president have no more big campaign events before tomorrow night's event. last night here in denver, romney had a rally before more than 5,000 people. he picked up the endorsement of broncos legend john elway, but...
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sunday in las vegas he tried to dial back those expectations. >> governor romney, he's a good debater. i'm just okay. >> reporter: the president is staying in nevada to study up for wednesday. romney will be hunkering down in denver. recent polls show mitt romney is trailing in most must win states. his team is hoping a good performance on wednesday will help shift the momentum. in denver, danielle nottingham, anita, back to you. >>> for months now we've been getting both political parties' spin on the election. now it's time for just the facts no, more bull and we are your go to station including for wednesday night's debate. 9news is teaming up with our sister publication usa today. all night long beginning at 9 p.m. on our website we'll be fact checking what the candidates actually say and live stream the debate on our website. turn your tv to channel 9 to watch the debate at 9:00 and log onto www.wusa9.com for live fact checking at the very same time. then 9 news now at 11:00 for the most comprehensive and accurate debate coverage. >>> coming up we'll go back out to nationals park
sunday in las vegas he tried to dial back those expectations. >> governor romney, he's a good debater. i'm just okay. >> reporter: the president is staying in nevada to study up for wednesday. romney will be hunkering down in denver. recent polls show mitt romney is trailing in most must win states. his team is hoping a good performance on wednesday will help shift the momentum. in denver, danielle nottingham, anita, back to you. >>> for months now we've been getting both...
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just a few hours before the debate started. romney did his debate prep in denver. when you go to 5,000 feet and you only have a few hours to adjust, i don't know, maybe -- >> both candidates are visiting key battleground states today starting with virginia. nancy cordes is at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, charlie. >> what is the president's team, what reasons are they giving for his performance? >> reporter: well, there's the charitable view and there's the not so charitable view. the charitable view from inside the campaign is this was a strategy that kind of went yoaw. it was for the president to stay above the fray, remain presidential and not mix it up with momry. romney came into the room loaded for bear. it made the president look weak and bored by comparison. not so charitable view is the president just didn't bring his a-game that night. that he was well prepared, that he's much more forceful in his arguments out on the campaign trail, but just didn't bring it into the debate. >> so, nancy, what's the strategy now? >> well
just a few hours before the debate started. romney did his debate prep in denver. when you go to 5,000 feet and you only have a few hours to adjust, i don't know, maybe -- >> both candidates are visiting key battleground states today starting with virginia. nancy cordes is at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, charlie. >> what is the president's team, what reasons are they giving for his performance? >> reporter: well, there's the charitable...
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in their last debate before tuesday's new hampshire primary, the polls show mitt romney has a fairly substantial lead. >> if his record was so great as governor of massachusetts, why didn't you run for re- election. >> can we drop a little of the pious baloney? the fact is you ran in '94 and lost. that's why you weren't serving in the senate with rick santorum. >> you have a surprised look on your face. >> we've got to nominate a leader if we're going to replace someone who's not a leader. >> the problem with paul is all the things they're worried about he'll do day one. >>> we can't stay in 130 countries, get involved in nation building, have 900 bases overseas. >> from here down to rick santorum i see insiders, individuals who have been the big spending republicans in washington, d.c. >> i want to be very clear with the people here in new hampshire and this one. i will always put my country first. >> well-known washington figure, tony blankly has died. he was 63 years old. he served as press secretary to newt gingrich during the 1990's. he was also an executive vice- president with
in their last debate before tuesday's new hampshire primary, the polls show mitt romney has a fairly substantial lead. >> if his record was so great as governor of massachusetts, why didn't you run for re- election. >> can we drop a little of the pious baloney? the fact is you ran in '94 and lost. that's why you weren't serving in the senate with rick santorum. >> you have a surprised look on your face. >> we've got to nominate a leader if we're going to replace someone...
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. >>> mitt romney and president barack obama are all cramming now for tomorrow's first presidential debate that goes off in denver. >> colorado still a tossup state and both candidates are fighting hard for the women's vote. danielle nottingham is at the debate site in denver. >> anita, colorado may help decide november's election and women are a key voting group. they make up the majority of the undecided in the state and will be tuned in wednesday night. carrie and her husband serve up yogurt and lattes for a living. the small business owner is supporting president obama, in part because she believes his healthcare reform law will help her provide insurance for her employees. >> 20% for a corporation to buy insurance. >> carrie thompson believes mitt romney has a better plan for helping small business. she is eager to hear him make that case. >> i think the economy is probably a major issue that is on theforefront of most people's minds. i hope that he spells out his stance on it. >> colorado isn't just hosting the first presidential debate, it is a battleground state and more than half
. >>> mitt romney and president barack obama are all cramming now for tomorrow's first presidential debate that goes off in denver. >> colorado still a tossup state and both candidates are fighting hard for the women's vote. danielle nottingham is at the debate site in denver. >> anita, colorado may help decide november's election and women are a key voting group. they make up the majority of the undecided in the state and will be tuned in wednesday night. carrie and her...
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that's a much more relevant debate that we'll focus on. >> if they do not see a new romney will they see a romney offering specifics as to deductions he might prefer in terms of what we now do not see in tax reform? >> it's hard to get into a whole lot of specifics particularly when you're talking about something as complex as all the deductions you would go through as part of tax reform. but on the issue of tax reform governor romney will offer a great deal of specifics about what he would do. >> that we've not heard before. >> yeah. a lot of that, you know, charlie depends on the questions. but i think a lot of what the specifics that you're talking about as far as what tax reform looks like, whether it's lowering the corporate rate in order to make sure we're more competitive as an economy in this global marketplace but also lowering middle class tax burden, broadening the base and making the american economy more competitive as a result, i think that you'll hear a great deal of specifics. most importantly you'll hear the contrast because the president's reforms haven't been enoug
that's a much more relevant debate that we'll focus on. >> if they do not see a new romney will they see a romney offering specifics as to deductions he might prefer in terms of what we now do not see in tax reform? >> it's hard to get into a whole lot of specifics particularly when you're talking about something as complex as all the deductions you would go through as part of tax reform. but on the issue of tax reform governor romney will offer a great deal of specifics about what...
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. >> if you don't like where mitt romney is today, just wait until tomorrow. it's a little bit like the weather. >> reporter: voters will have a chance to hear from the remaining candidates this saturday at a debate in iowa. cain's campaign manager mark block says cain has no plans any time soon to endorse anyone. >> randall pinkston in washington, thank you. >>> on capitol hill today, senate democrats are expected to offer republicans a compromise plan to extend the payroll tax cut. if no deal is reached the popular tax cut will expire on december 31st. >>> the u.s. postal service to announce cuts today. the postal service could default this month on a $5.5 billion for retiree health benefits. to trim costs the agency plans to close half of its 500 mail processing centers next spring that will slow first class service and essentially cancel next day delivery. postal services says the cuts will save more than $3 billion but far from enough. the service is expected to lose $14 billion next year. >>> an international conference on the future of afghanistan begin
. >> if you don't like where mitt romney is today, just wait until tomorrow. it's a little bit like the weather. >> reporter: voters will have a chance to hear from the remaining candidates this saturday at a debate in iowa. cain's campaign manager mark block says cain has no plans any time soon to endorse anyone. >> randall pinkston in washington, thank you. >>> on capitol hill today, senate democrats are expected to offer republicans a compromise plan to extend the...
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is romney way ahead? can he close it down or will they go to the convention? >> i think it's going to go on for a while. i'm not sure about all the way to the con veng. i wish it would. i think it would be great from a journalist standpoint to cover a convention where they didn't know who the nominee was going to be. gingrich is going to hang around as long as he can continue to get money for this sub fund that he's getting from this fellow out in las vegas, pouring the millions into that. because there's still a divide in the republican party. >> there are two important comments that came out yesterday that we want to make sure we hit them both. mitt romney talking about the very poor. this is really haunting him over the last however many dals. and also president obama saying that i think jesus would be for my idea to raise taxes on the wealthy. going to be tough for both of them to distance themselves from those comments? >> well, you know, i'm not going to take a position on what jesus is for or against. >> leave jesus out of the political discussion if yo
is romney way ahead? can he close it down or will they go to the convention? >> i think it's going to go on for a while. i'm not sure about all the way to the con veng. i wish it would. i think it would be great from a journalist standpoint to cover a convention where they didn't know who the nominee was going to be. gingrich is going to hang around as long as he can continue to get money for this sub fund that he's getting from this fellow out in las vegas, pouring the millions into...
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. >> reporter: romney is still trailing gingrich in iowa, but gingrich's once commanding lead is slipping in almost every new poll and where gingrich once built that lead after several strong showings and debates, thee are no debates left between now and the iowa caucuses in two weeks. >> under two weeks before the first votes are cast. ron paul, where does he factor in in iowa right now? >> reporter: ron paul is a serious contender in iowa and often left out of the national conversation but in iowa he has a very strong base. of the most recent polling of likely caucus goers, romney has slipped a little and gingrich a lot but ron paul is building on his base in iowa. >> wyatt andrews, thank you. >>> terrell brown is here with another check of the headlines. >>> we go to north korea here. north koreans mourning the death of kim jong-il. he ruled north korea to 17 years. he died of a heart attack saturday at the age of 69. kim's passing raises concerns about north korea's nuclear proram. his son kim junk unis expected to take over. a news agency reported that north korea tested its missile
. >> reporter: romney is still trailing gingrich in iowa, but gingrich's once commanding lead is slipping in almost every new poll and where gingrich once built that lead after several strong showings and debates, thee are no debates left between now and the iowa caucuses in two weeks. >> under two weeks before the first votes are cast. ron paul, where does he factor in in iowa right now? >> reporter: ron paul is a serious contender in iowa and often left out of the national...
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it has been described as a fiery debate the last debate. you have been speaking about the name calling going on between your fellow candidates, particularly perry and romney. why can't people get along? >> i don't know how much of that is their consultants advising them and how much of that is real. you have to have some sense of maturity and some sense of seriousness at a time when we have massive unemployment, huge deficits, serious foreign policy and national security problems, and i felt it hurt everybody to have bickering the way that was going on in that particular debate. i hope it's not going to be repeated. overall, thif the debates have been very helpful but i think the american people deserve us to act in a responsible and mature way. >> luckily for you, you have a few more debates coming up. have you had any specific conversations with them about the bickering? because you have been very public in your displeasure with it. >> well, no. i think what i've said in public is pretty clear and i have a hunch both of them have read it.
it has been described as a fiery debate the last debate. you have been speaking about the name calling going on between your fellow candidates, particularly perry and romney. why can't people get along? >> i don't know how much of that is their consultants advising them and how much of that is real. you have to have some sense of maturity and some sense of seriousness at a time when we have massive unemployment, huge deficits, serious foreign policy and national security problems, and i...
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this is a big debate set for tonight. do you think there will be a lot of fireworks especially from former speaker gingrich who has taken a much harsher tone of late? >> oh, yeah! he has been beating up on mitt romney all week. chris wallace said last night he is going to wear a face mask and carrying in a chain saw to go after gingrich. that is the tone we have been seeing from him. he is angry at what he perceived as some negative attacks from a super pact responding out in iowa. he has seen his poll numbers plummet. now he is lucky if he finishes in third or fourth place. he has a lotto try to make up. it's not about the republican candidates beating up on each other. it's about them beating barack obama so this could backfire on newt gingrich but i think, yeah, we are going to see some fireworks tonight. >> the case that what a difference a couple of weeks or even days in this race can make. if romney wins in new hampshire and then in south carolina, do you think the other candidates can still stop him? >> reporter: o
this is a big debate set for tonight. do you think there will be a lot of fireworks especially from former speaker gingrich who has taken a much harsher tone of late? >> oh, yeah! he has been beating up on mitt romney all week. chris wallace said last night he is going to wear a face mask and carrying in a chain saw to go after gingrich. that is the tone we have been seeing from him. he is angry at what he perceived as some negative attacks from a super pact responding out in iowa. he has...